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Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Saakashvili Resigns as Governor of Odessa

It
All Comes Crashing Down: Saakashvili Resigns as Governor of Odessa.
Washington Has Lost Control

Saakashvili
cuts and runs. Again. He didn't do it without permission from
Washington. In other words: Poroshenko is toast.

Matthew
Allen

Russia Insider,7 November, 2016Former
Georgian President (in exile) and current Ukrainian citizen and until
just now governor of the southern Odessa region Mikheil
Saakashvili has resigned!

Why,
you might ask? Because he "hates corruption". And probably
has no appetite for eating yet another necktie while he wets his
pants. Take the wheel,Reuters:

Saakashvili
has since repeatedly accused the Kiev leadership of lacking a real
commitment to reform.

Vowing
to continue to fight corruption which he said went to the very top of
Ukraine's establishment, he told journalists: "I have decided to
tender my resignation and start a new stage of the fight. I am not
giving up."

In
a clear rebuke of Poroshenko, he said: "In reality, in Odessa
region, the President personally supports two clans."

Addressing
journalists alongside Odessa customs chief Yulia Marushevska, he said
the work of reform-minded public officials had been thwarted by
higher authorities in Kiev interested in preserving the status quo.

Mike
was supposed to be one of those virtuous foreigners charged with
fighting corruption/privatizing everything worth more than two
hryvnia. He now joins an impressive list of western stooges who have
been chased out of Ukraine:

Later,
a government shake-up booted US-born Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko
and Western-backed Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk out of office. The
appointment of Poroshenko ally Volodymyr Grosyman in his place was
seen as a move by the president to consolidate power.

This
isn't a sign that Saakashvili failed at his mission — we're
sure he did everything he could to make Ukraine attractive to western
"free markets" — but rather that Poroshenko is on his way
out. Who knows, maybe Saakashvili is positioning himself for
Porky's job. Either way, he didn't cut and run without Washington's
approval.

Poroshenko
is now as popular has Hepatitis B. Which makes you think: Is
this Washington preparing for a Trump victory, which would likely
mean the end of American support for Poroshenko's shit-stained
regime?

Time
will tell. Until then, enjoy this music video, which unfortunately we
cannot find English subtitles for. It's mostly about Georgian people
saying "goodbye" to Saakashvili, though. We look
forward to the Ukrainian version.